The Redding Area Bus Authority, or RABA, is the operator of
public transportation
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...
in
Shasta County, California
Shasta County (), officially the County of Shasta, is a county in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population is 182,155 as of the 2020 census, up from 177,223 from the 2010 census. The county seat is Redding.
Shasta ...
. RABA was formerly known as The Ride. Ten local routes serve the cities of
Redding,
Anderson, and
Shasta Lake and their surrounding regions, with over 650,000 riders taking advantage of public transportation each year. Buses operate 6 days per week and stops are located at approximately quarter mile intervals. An eleventh route, the Burney Express, serves as a limited-stop weekday commuter line, operating three times per day in each direction. Burney Express is operated for Shasta County by RABA. RABA was formed in 1976 by a joint powers agreement (JPA) between the City of Redding and the County of Shasta to provide public transit services within the Greater Redding Area. RABA began services in November 1981. As the population of Redding exploded in the 1990s, service was greatly expanded. The JPA was amended in 1998 to include the City of Anderson and the City of Shasta Lake. The service is administered by the City of Redding and operated by
Transdev
Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, is a French-based international private-sector company which operates public transport. It has operations in 17 countries and territories as of November 2020.
History
The group was formed by the merger of ...
. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .
Route list
*1 – Masonic Ave to
Shasta Lake
*2 – Downtown to Buenaventura
*3 – Downtown to Grandview
*4 – Canby Rd to Loma Vista
*5 – Downtown to Hartnell
*6 – Downtown to El Vista via Canby Rd
*7 – Masonic Ave to Canby Rd via
Shasta College
*9 – Downtown to
Anderson
*11 – Downtown to Canby Rd via Cypress
*14 – Downtown to Canby Rd via Masonic Ave
*
Burney Burney may refer to:
__NOTOC__ Places
* Burney, California, United States, an unincorporated town and census-designated place
* Burney, Indiana, United States, an unincorporated community
* Burney Falls, a waterfall in California
* Burney (hill), ...
Express
External links
RABA
Bus transportation in California
Redding, California
Transdev
Transportation in Shasta County, California
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